It was already late spring and early summer, and the weather was starting to get a little hot, and the scorching smell in the air was starting to be a little unbearable.

On the land of Wei, an army of nearly 120,000 people was advancing towards the east.

This large army included a total of 100,000 Korean troops, as well as 15,000 cavalry of Li Mu.

In terms of numbers, the South Korean army undoubtedly accounts for the majority, but in this coalition army, the young Zhao general Li Mu is actually the one who can really lead the decision-making of the army.

This can be seen from the ongoing conversation.

The Korean general Jin Huang rode a black horse and walked side by side with Li Mu, pointed to the majestic city on the horizon not far in front of him, and said to Li Mu: "General Li Mu, that place is Daliang City, the capital of Wei State." ”

Li Mu nodded, looked in the direction that Li Mu pointed, and sure enough, he found a majestic city standing on the plain, with extraordinary momentum.

Li Mu thought for a while, and said to Jin Di, "General Jin Di, are you willing to go with me to reconnoiter the situation in this Great Liang City?" ”

Jin Huang was stunned for a moment, then nodded, and said with a smile: "Since the general has spoken, then Jin Huang has no choice." ”

So the two of them led hundreds of guards to roar out and gallop towards Daliang City, a few miles away.

A moment later, the two of them came to the outside of Daliang City.

The cavalry of the Zhao State who took the lead had cleared all the enemy situations outside the city of Daliang, and the people of Wei had obviously been alerted by the arrival of the armies of these two countries, and all the gates of the entire city of Daliang City had been completely closed, and many soldiers of the Wei State could be seen walking back and forth from time to time on the head of the city.

Li Mu stopped outside the range of the Wei Junchengtou's crossbow, smiled and stretched out his hand to point at the head of the Liang City in front of him, and said to Jin Huang beside him: "General Jin Huang, what did you see?" ”

Jin Di frowned and stared at the Great Liang City in front of him, and after a long while, he said, "The city is high and the walls are thick, easy to defend and difficult to attack." If you want to break through this fortified city, I am afraid it will take a lot of effort and feet. ”

Since the relocation of the capital, Wei has run the city for a full hundred years, and in these hundred years, I don't know how many countries have been under this capital, but no country has ever been able to successfully break through this fortified city.

But for Jin Di's words, Li Mu was obviously very unimpressed.

I saw a hearty smile on the face of this young general of Zhao State, and said to Jin Di: "General, what I have seen is different from you. There are only two words I see in this city, and that is fear. ”

Li Mu continued: "Now that the main force of Wei is fighting outside, the capital is empty, and you only need to take this Great Liang City in one fell swoop, then Wei will definitely be defeated like a mountain, and you have to bend your knees to sue for peace. At such a moment, it is a good opportunity for you and me to make contributions! ”

After listening to Li Mu's words, he couldn't help but show a wry smile, and secretly thought to himself: "This Daliang City is located in the flat place of the Central Plains, and the Wei State is the country of the four wars, but I have never seen anyone break through Daliang City for so many years. It can be seen that it is not easy to take down this city. Li Mu is young but so arrogant and underestimating the enemy, this battle may be difficult to win. ”

Now Jin Di has begun to regret why he persuaded Han Wangran to send troops to help Zhao Guo before.

At least judging from the current performance, this Li Mu doesn't seem to be too brilliant, and he is even very light on the enemy.

Underestimating the enemy is a taboo for soldiers.

Could it be that this Li Mu is actually quite ordinary, and it is only by relying on the strength of this armored cavalry that he will achieve the victory in the past?

Of course, Li Mu didn't know that his confident words had made Jin Huang doubt his command level in his heart, and the young general of Zhao State observed the defense of the Great Liang City of Wei State with great interest for a while, and said with a smile: "General Jin Huang, I am still preparing to go around these four times, I don't know if General Jin Huang will continue?" ”

Although Li Mu's tone was very sincere, at this moment, Jin Huang had lost interest in continuing to stay with Li Mu, shook his head and said, "General, I still have to go back to command the troops to camp, so I will not accompany you." ”

After saying this, Jin Huang took the Korean guards around him to turn around and turn their horses away.

Jin Di's performance like this was very obvious, so that the guards around Li Mu could see it clearly one by one.

This naturally made Zhao Guo's guards angry in their hearts, and some people even opened their mouths and said to Li Mu: "General, these Koreans are unreasonable, they are so rude, they should be taught a good lesson!" ”

Li Mu didn't speak immediately, but glanced thoughtfully at the direction in which Jin Di left, and a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth: "This Jin Huang ...... Hmph, he has a loyal heart, but he has no talent as a general, how can King Han be able to compete with my Zhao State with this as his general? If General Ben had dealt with him, he would have failed. All come with General Ben! ”

Li Mu suddenly pulled the reins of the horse, and the four hooves of the horse rolled towards the south of Daliang City.

For a person who has lived in the grasslands of the northern part of Zhao for most of his life, the scene in front of him is actually a very new experience for Li Mu.

In this era, the water network outside the city of Daliang is densely covered with green fields, and it looks completely the same as the Jiangnan water town of later generations, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is "the water town of the Central Plains".

The reason why this is so is also related to the unique topography of Daliang City.

Daliang City is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, and there are many rivers such as Bianshui, Whirlpool, Suishui, Surabaya, Heshui, Jishui, Pushui, Heshui (Yellow River), Rushui, Yingshui and many other rivers nearby, forming an amazing Central Plains water network.

Due to such convenient conditions, it is extremely convenient to reach Korea, Zhao, Qi, Chu, Song, Lu and other places by boat at any time, and the waterway has already become one of the main choices for people in Daliang City and nearby.

Li Mu galloped on his horse, and after a while, he came to the southeast of Daliang City.

Here, a wide canal appeared in front of Li Mu, the surface of the canal was extremely wide, and the river was surging to the north, sparkling in the sun.

In terms of width alone, the canal is large enough for several large ships to travel side by side.

The canal is called the Chasm.

The chasm began to be built in the tenth year of King Wei Hui of the Warring States Period, that is, in 360 BC, and has been nearly a hundred years old.

It is this canal that connects the Yellow River and the Huai River, completing the connection of the entire Central Plains water network.

As a result, the gap has also become one of the most important water transportation routes in the Central Plains between the Yellow River and the Huai River.

In the last years of the Qin Dynasty in history, there was a very famous battle of the chasm, where Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, fought a protracted war, and finally the two sides negotiated peace with the chasm as the boundary.

As a result, the chasm also had a particularly famous nickname, "Chu River Han Boundary", which was even moved to the chessboard of Chinese chess as the dividing line between red and black.

The Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Hu once wrote a poem saying:

Dragons and snakes are fighting all over the world, and the ambitions of each system refer to this ditch.

Rather than Kyushu divided into land, the map initially cut the middle of the sea.

In the old days, this chasm was very busy, so to speak, with boats coming and going.

But now that the army of the Zhao and Han coalition forces is approaching the city of Daliang, the boatmen have run home to take refuge, and the wide gap has naturally become extremely deserted, only the surging water is still rushing in it, making an extremely cheerful sound.

Li Mu stood beside the chasm, jumped off the horse, and carefully observed the surging water in front of him.

From here, if you look north in the direction of the water, you can see the tall Daliang City, and the chasm meets the Bianshui at the southeast corner of the Daliang City, and then joins the surging river.

Li Mu stood here for a long, long time.

After a long time, Li Mu turned over and said to the guards of Zhao State behind him: "Go!" ”

For most of the next day, Li Mu's footsteps spread all around the entire Daliang City.

When he returned to the barracks at night, the young Zhao general was very happy to tell the deputy general Xu Li a piece of news.

"General Xu Li, in half a month at most, I will break Daliang City!"